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Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

Which of the following best states the relationship between intent to kill, premeditation, and deliberation under the traditional common-law definition of first-degree murder?

Select one answer.

  • Premeditation requires at least several minutes of planning before the killing occurs.

  • An intent to kill formed even an instant before the fatal act can satisfy premeditation if the defendant had time, however brief, to reflect on the decision.

  • Premeditation is established only when the defendant procured the weapon or lured the victim to the scene well in advance of the homicide.

  • Deliberation exists whenever the defendant consciously desires the victim's death, even if the decision is made in the heat of passion.

Multistate Bar Examination
Criminal Law and Procedure
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